The median follow-up was 6.2 years. The 10-year distant metastasis-free survival and CSS rates were 61% and 58% for the partial cystectomy patients, respectively, and 66% and 63%, respectively, for the radical cystectomy patients, according to findings published in The Journal of Urology (2012;188:1115-1119). The differences in outcomes between the groups were not statistically significant.

The investigators, led by Igor Frank, MD, concluded that although partial and radical cystectomy were associated with similar metastasis-free survival and CSS, “patients treated with partial cystectomy remain at risk for intravesical recurrence and, thus, they should be counseled and surveilled accordingly.”